Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press [1941,60] 1980, 1st printing thus. Baldwin tells the story of riverboating in the West before the invention of the steamboat, the types of vessels, their mean of locomotion, and the art of navigation on uncharted rivers. SOFT cover, 8vo perfect-bound, 9 illustrations, extensive notes and bibliography, index, 264pp, no marks, Very Good.
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15.00 USD

Oxford UK: Oxford University Press 1990, 1st. A history of the Thames countryside and river as seen from the air, with extraordinary color photographs showing ancient roadways and earthworks visible only from the air in soil discolorations. Dust jacket price clipped, as new, Fine.
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40.00 USD

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press 1945, 1st printing. The story of a river as told by the river itself and by the people who have loved it for centuries, illustrated with photos by William F. Augustine. Dust jacket chipped but intact, 8vo in red cloth, map endpapers, two small notations in text, o/w no marks, clean and tight, Very Good/Fair.
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12.00 USD

London: British Broadcasting Corporation 1984. SIGNED by Christina Dodwell, one of the six contributing authors. Journeys on six of the world's great rivers -- the Congo, the Sepik, the Mekong, the Sao Francisco, the Murray, and the Nile. Dust jacket, 4to in blue cloth, lower corner slightly bumped, photos and maps, index, 208pp, Very Good.
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25.00 USD

London: British Broadcasting Corporation 1984. Six authors contribute accounts of journeys on six of the world's great rivers -- the Congo, the Sepik, the Mekong, the Sao Francisco, the Murray, and the Nile. Dust jacket, 4to in blue cloth, photos and maps, index, 208pp, contents clean and tight, near Fine/Very Good.
Price:
15.00 USD

Washington: National Geographic Society 1966. Brander chronicles his exploration of the great river and its basin--which he traveled by felucca, river-launch, truck, and camel--presenting a skillful blend of astonishing facts of geography, archeology, anthropology, and history. Dust jacket with one small tear, 4to in olive cloth, map of Egypt in rear pocket, 207 color illustrations, 26 b&w illustrations, index, 208pp, clean and tight with no marks, near Fine/Good.
Price:
15.00 USD

Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky 1992. A moving personal memoir of Mississippi in the 1920s and the bitter harvest of racial impression. Dust jacket, 8vo in green cloth, 239pp, as new, Fine.
Price:
12.00 USD

Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1958, 1st edition. Brittain traces the relationships between man and rivers from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages. Dust jacket a bit worn with small hole in spine, 8vo in blue cloth, 2 maps, 19 b&w plates, 2 drawings, index, 288pp, a satin on the lower corner of the last few pages, clean and tight, Good/Good.
Price:
8.00 USD

New York: Nick Lyons Books 1986. Brooks present an intimate portrait of a great trout river in Montana, its history and its beauty. Dust jacket, 4to in burgundy cloth, illustrated throughout with b&w photos, bibliography, index to insect and flies, general index, 210pp, Very Good/Very Good.
Price:
20.00 USD